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nab
verb- to catch, to arrest UK, 1686
- The men stated that when they nabbed Jack Guzik in 1947, Prendergast shook his head and said, “They won’t like it.” — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 236, 1950
- Not because they almost nabbed us, but because of me, see? — John Clellon Holmes, Go, p. 122, 1952
- After watching a Catholic video mass I caught the end of “Milton the Monster,” which dealt with inept motor-cycle cops trying with consistent unsuccess to nab speeders and also violence. — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, p. 91, 1968
- CAMERON: We’re gonna get nabbed, for sure. FERRIS: No way Cameron. Only the meek get nabbed. — Ferris Buehler’s Day Off, 1986
- No one’s nabbed DeChooch, and Kruper hasn’t floated in with the tide. — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 53, 2001
- Everytime they nabbed him he was let out to try again[.] — Brian Preston, Pot Planet, p. 137, 2002
- to snatch or steal something UK, 1665
- I even nabbed a seat for Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, which is so far uptown that the atmosphere has no gravity. — The Village Voice, 12 December 2000
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